A relatable animated short from the Ukrainian artist and director captures the total collapse and immobility of burnout and exhaustion. “,” or “The Diver,” follows a professional swimmer so affected by a rigorous training schedule and the incessant noise of her coach’s whistle that she decides to give up her career entirely. When she visits a talented masseuse, though, she finds that her nerves and anxiety, which Voitova brilliantly depicts with tightly crimped paper, finally get some reprieve.
“La Plongeusese” was the director’s graduation project for , an animation film school in Valence, France, and you can find more of her works on and .
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